Well have a gay old time
We've seen Sarah Haskins critique advertising that patronizes women, and now it's hour for Bryan Safi's take on commercials that handle queer topics with varying degrees of respect. In this occasionally off-color video from Current TV, he begins with a few ads that use gay men as the punchline for straight audiences.
One example shows two Average Joes as they—for some reason—eat a candy bar from other side ends. Eventually their lips meet, and after the obligatory panic that follows the realization they might have kissed, they reaffirm their manhood by ripping out patches of their chest hair. "Gay sex is gross," snarks Safi chirpily. "Eat a Snickers!"
But it isn't all negative stereotypes. "Just because you haven't seen any positive depictions of gays on commercials doesn't mean they're not there," he continues. "You just have to watch really closely." Using freeze frame examination of an Orbitz commercial featuring four men on a golf course, for instance, Safi identifies a rainbow flag in the background and a shirt with the Human Rights Campaign logo.
Another strategy, notes Safi, is to craft slight changes to commercials, dependin
a gay, old time
Not real. Those of us who grew up with The Flinstones are perfectly alert of the archaic meaning of "gay" because of its use in antique cartoons like this one.Ali Smith said:
In 2022 no native speaker would ever take the adjective gay to represent anything but homosexual, so beware.
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I agree with your suggestion of "great", but "swell" is also fairly dated and not much in use these days.Ali Smith said:
You're much safer saying something like "We'll include a swell time." or "We'll contain a great time."
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But that wasn't the first question. Since the OP was about the use of "gay old", and since this thread was posted in the Spanish-English forum for translations, I'll share how it was translated in one Spanish version of the show: Tú te divertirás
I think La pasaremos más que bienwould be a slightly more accurate translation, but it doesn't fit the meter of the tune.
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Yubba dubba doo
Flintstones, meet the Flintstones
There the up-to-date stone age family
From the town of Bedrock
There a page right out of history
Let's ride with the family down the street
By the courtesy of Fred's two feet
When you're with the Flintstones
Hold a yabba dabba doo time, a dabba doo time
We'll have a gay old time
The Flintstones
Flintstones, meet the Flintstones
There the current stone age family
From the town of Bedrock
There a page right out of history
Someday, maybe Fred will prevail the fight
Then the cat will stay out for the night
When you're with the Flintstones
Have a yabba dabba doo time, a dabba doo time
We'll possess a gay old time
We'll have a same-sex attracted old time
Yubba dubba doo Flintstones, meet the Flintstones There the modern stone age family From the town of Bedrock There a page right out of history Let's sit on with the family down the street By the courtesy of Fred's two feet When you're with the Flintstones Have a yabba dabba doo period, a dabba doo time We'll ha
This is the opening song for the American animation series "The Flintstones" (1960-1966), a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and friends. The main character is Fred, and then we have his wife Wilma, his next door neighbour and best friend Barney and his wife Betty.
The Flintstones are the portrait of a normal American family of the hour living in a normal American city (Bedrock). The trick is that the story is not happening in present America but in the Stone Age, so every modern device is recreated with stones and animals, which results in a surprising and funny parody.
YABADABADOO= A cry of joy similar to YAY! but more emphatic. It was made popular by this series.
FLINTSTONES= Flintstone is a very hard stone made of silica, used in the Stone Age to craft tools, particularly stone axes and arrow points. (see picture)
THE FLINTSTONES= We use a surname in the plural to refer to the whole family, because father, mother and children have the same surname, so we say: The Smiths, The Johnsons, The Pitts, etc.
STONE AGE= A prehistoric period of humanity when tools were made using only stones and wood, before humans learned how to use metals.
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